Tag Archives: Pacific Ocean

The Twelve-Inch Experience, Baron Ranch Corridor

Posted on December 27, 2023 by Jack Elliott

Humboldt lily seed pod. “Adults follow paths. Children explore. Adults are content to walk the same way, hundreds of times, or thousands; perhaps it never occurs to adults to step off the paths, to creep beneath the rhododendrons, to find … Continue reading →

Posted in Santa Barbara | Tagged Arroyo Quemado, Baron Ranch, Gaviota Coast, Hiking, Microplastic, Nature, Pacific Ocean, Santa Barbara, Santa Ynez Mountains, Wilderness, Wildlife | 1 Comment

Halibut Surf Fishing

Posted on September 9, 2020 by Jack Elliott

“Conservation of animals and plants was a burning, emotional, personal issue. A properly socialized individual had a powerful sense that the wild world was feeding him, and he ought to be as grateful and as anxious to act decently as … Continue reading →

Posted in Santa Barbara | Tagged Adventure, Beach, Fish, Fishing, Halibut, Nature, Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Santa Barbara, Sea, Wildlife | Leave a comment

Gaviota Coast Gallivants: The Wildest Wilderness

Posted on December 7, 2016 by Jack Elliott

“The ocean is an unbelievably vast wilderness.” –Steven Callahan, “Adrift: Seventy-six Days Lost at Sea” The 76-mile long Gaviota Coast is the wildest wilderness in Santa Barbara County. According to Gaviota Coast Conservancy, it is “the largest stretch of undeveloped coastline … Continue reading →

Posted in Gaviota | Tagged Beach, Gaviota, Los Padres National Forest, Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Santa Ynez Mountains, Sharks, Spearfishing, Travel, White Seabass, Wilderness | 3 Comments

A Skillet Full of Fish

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Jack Elliott

A calico bass might of been the first fish I shot as a kid while spearfishing. They seemed to be the most common, best tasting game in the water at that time. Which merely means that they were largely the … Continue reading →

Posted in Santa Barbara County | Tagged Beach, Fishing, Halibut, Nature, Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Photos, Santa Barbara, Spearfishing, White Seabass, Writing | 3 Comments

Gabe Surfing Sandbar, Hurricane Marie 8-27-14

Posted on August 28, 2014 by Jack Elliott

Gabe Venturelli making it look easy. Good to see a friend, a Santa Barbara local, getting it like not many people do. In the middle of summer, no less. Pacific love. “Look at this shot of Sandbar yesterday,” my wife … Continue reading →